Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. George H. Mead
Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience. George H. Mead
Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member. George H. Mead
The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body. George H. Mead
To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up. George H. Mead
To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation. George H. Mead
What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct. George H. Mead